DodgeeD Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 A great season rancer. I find it very funny that you get over $12mil for the domestic League Cup and pocket change for the international Pan-Pacific Championship. Shame about the PSV job. Are you getting the urge to move on or are you going to wait for a dream job offer to come along? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwiftyBlade Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Brilliant season rancer! You've done an amazing job in Japan, like DodgeeD said, is it time to move on or are you not interested? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 10, 2010 Author Share Posted August 10, 2010 Another great season rancer, it looks like Andre has become somewhat of an icon for your club and is only 24 years old - a phenomenal scoring and assist record. Having any trouble keeping hold of him? No actually. I have interest in Juninho and Yanagisawa but no one is interested in Carlos Andre. It's been quite easy to retain him, but I'll have to fax him a new contract in a year, so I'll have to move some bodies to accommodate his new salary (I would say he wants, and deservedly so, wants to be our highest paid player, a distinction currently held by Takuya Aoki at $700k.) A great season rancer. I find it very funny that you get over $12mil for the domestic League Cup and pocket change for the international Pan-Pacific Championship.Shame about the PSV job. Are you getting the urge to move on or are you going to wait for a dream job offer to come along? Americans are cheap that's why lol. I'm at a stage where I would probably want to move - and bring Carlos Andre and Juninho with me. So it needs to be a relatively big club (but not too big ) with the cash to purchase them. I'm mostly looking at Eredivisie clubs and one of the big 3 in Portugal. Although there's this Liverpool job that very insecure too...but from my current track record I don't think they're hire me right if clubs like PSV won't hire me. Brilliant season rancer! You've done an amazing job in Japan, like DodgeeD said, is it time to move on or are you not interested? I'm more leaning to moving on. I don't really have an option to stay. Here's why: As my club gets better, the players are demanding a higher salary. Remember, the J-League is a cap league. I'll have to sell Yanagisawa or Kikuoka in a couple years because I'm having trouble staying under the cap. I had to loan and sell just to get under it this season. I'm letting all the impending free agents leave because I can't afford their wage anyore, and will probably leaning towards relying on youngsters in the near future. I'll preferably want to leave before the inevitable turnover happens. And buy those Japanese players to lead my new club if they're good enough for that club and league. I'll write up a youth report later (not YPPs, as some were not with the club from the beginning). ---- January 3, 2015 No new stadium, but at least an improvement in facilities. Hopefully we won't get crap youths anymore, and start the youth movement at V-Varen Nagasaki. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachFlu Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 A move to Holland or Portugal sounds like it would be an interesting move indeed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 Season 2015 Preview - J-League One Promotion Odds: 3-1 favourites to win the league Team Value: $88 million (1st in Japan, 58th in the World) J-League 1 TV Rights: $12.375 million Expectations (J-League 1): Win it! Expectations (League Cup): reach Final Expectations (Emperor Cup): reach Final Expectations (Pan Pacific Championship): Don't care Expectations (Asian Champions League): Reach Quarter-Final Expectations (Japanese Super Cup): Don't care Transfer Budget: $42.5 million Wage Budget: $6.5 million (currently spending $6,552,116) ----- We also broke the average attendance record as 14,680 fans saw the team play this season, breaking the old record of 10,596 in 2013. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 V-Varen Nagasaki up-and-coming Youths Here are the up and coming young talents for V-Varen Nagasaki: 2012 YP: Naoto Terada - DC/DR (Japan) Left Foot - Weak Right Foot - Very Strong PPMs - None End of Season 3 - Profile | End of Season 3 Coach Report Notes: Doesn't really have a high ceiling, but he's solid. I'm retraining him at RB because he has some decent skills to be a good bench player. Has potential to be a good J-League 2 player, but I'm hoping for decent J-League 1 player. 2013 YP: Masashi Ohtsuka - ST (Japan) Left Foot - Very Weak Right Foot - Very Strong PPMs - Tries to play way out of trouble End of Season 2 - Profile | End of Season 2 Coach Report Notes: Surprisingly played a lot for the club because of injury crisis as the striker position. I'm not too sure about the comparison to Carlos Andre but if his teammates are correct I guess maybe I should keep him at the squad. Has decent J-League 1 potential. 2013: Hiroshi Matsui - DL (Japan) Left Foot - Very Strong Right Foot - Reasonable PPMs - none End of Season 2 - Profile | End of Season 2 Coach Report Notes: Signed last year from Kyoto Mantis (real name: Kyoto Purple Sanga). Has leading J-League 1 potential so I'll look forward to training him to be an elite player in this league. 2015 YP: Takuya Kawashima - MC (Japan) Left Foot - Very Strong Right Foot - Weak PPMs - None Initial Profile | Initial Coach Report Notes: A fantastic youth product with very good potential. I'm looking to sign him to a senior contract already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 Gold Cup 2015 Gold Cup Groups ---- World Rankings (as of January 14, 2015): 1st - Argentina 2nd - France 3rd - Uruguay 4th - Italy 5th - Chile 6th - Russia 7th - Spain 8th - Germany 9th - Canada 10th - Belgium 11th - Belarus 12th - Togo 13th - England 14th - Croatia 15th - Denmark 16th - Brazil 17th - Ukraine 18th - U.S.A. 19th - Holland 20th - Nigeria 21st - Colombia 22nd - Slovakia 23rd - Senegal 24th - Scotland 25th - Serbia 26th - Algeria 27th - Portugal 28th - Greece 29th - Bosnia & Herz. 30th - Paraguay 31st - Mexico 32nd - Montenegro 33rd - Ireland 34th - Hungary 35th - Turkey ------------------- Notables 41st - N. Ireland 47th - S. Korea 50th - Fiji!! 54th - Japan 63rd - Australia 64th - New Zealand 67th - N. Korea 71st- Austria 90th - Indonesia 106th - China 127th - Central African Republic 146th - Hong Kong 208th (last) - Sao Tome & Principe N/A (worst than last? ) - Guadeloupe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 February 11, 2015 Martinique vs Canada Overview and Match Stats Team Stats So, not the domination that I expected. Other than the de Jong goal, Martinique really played us tough. This game saw a couple Canadians make their international debut: Jason Hattrell and Samuele Carli. We have no friendlies arranged before the Gold Cup in June but that could change. I'll update if we have arranged a friendly with another country as I would like to get another friendly in before the competition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raware Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Another fantastic season rancer and some great looking youth players coming through. Andre's goal scoring rate is awesome! No pressure for the new season then with the board wanting the league and finals of the cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Cracking stuff here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 V-Varen Nagasaki Off-season 2015 Transfers We mainly went for signings for the future, considering we're still very close to the cap. Takashi Yoshihara - signed from Ome Asteriods/Fagiano on a free. He's young and talented so I hope he'll be a good player for us. Has potential to be as good as Naoto Takahashi. Shingo Takeoka - signed from Fukuoka Blaze of J-League 2. The Fukuoka native has a very high ceiling and certainly one to look out for in the future. Yoshitaka Hashimoto - signed from Lampo Sendai of the JFL. He doesn't have a very high ceiling, probably decent J-League 1 potential at most, but he's the defender with the most potential on the current youth squad, which isn't saying a lot. I'm also very excited to have Rodrigo join the club later in the season. I'm looking to sell Romulo now, even though he's a pretty good wage packet and controlled for a few years. Or maybe Kikuoka again...Or Masushima earning $400k as a rotation player. But as you all know I've dealt with salary caps for a while so I'll figure out a way to fit everyone under the wage cap. Yokotake and Iwata were released on a free to get some cap room, and Kawashima was sold since he was old and earning $600k. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 Another fantastic season rancer and some great looking youth players coming through. Andre's goal scoring rate is awesome! No pressure for the new season then with the board wanting the league and finals of the cup. No pressure at all. Just take it one game at a time and win that game. Cracking stuff here. Cheers. And nice to see you back playing in Japan. BTW, Shamrock Rovers have been toying around 5th and 7th in most of the years in my save. Except 2009, when they finished 3rd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 No pressure at all. Just take it one game at a time and win that game. Cheers. And nice to see you back playing in Japan. BTW, Shamrock Rovers have been toying around 5th and 7th in most of the years in my save. Except 2009, when they finished 3rd. You need to sort that out and lead us to glory Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwiftyBlade Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Yeah c'mon rancer, find a new team! Your becoming a Man Utd (well when they were constantly winning the league )... Whats your reputation? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 12, 2010 Author Share Posted August 12, 2010 Yeah c'mon rancer, find a new team! Your becoming a Man Utd (well when they were constantly winning the league )... Whats your reputation? I'm trying to, but I'm not gonna resign just for the sake of finding a new one...I'll take winning the league every single year over taking a random job. I have unfinished business in the Asian Champions League anyways. Profile - I've been linked to replace Mourinho at Inter and frontrunner to get the Ajax job if (and that's a horribly big IF) the current manager leaves at the end of June. I would say yes to either of those jobs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 13, 2010 Author Share Posted August 13, 2010 Ex-players as managers/coaches... : Ronaldinho - manager - Toluca Alan Shearer - manager - Everton Ryan Giggs - manager - Nottingham Forest Gary Neville - manager - Nagoya Grampus Eight Phil Neville - manager - Watford Nicky Butt - unemployed manager/coach - former Brighton manager, former Plymouth coach - I just offered him a coaching contract Paul Scholes - youth coach - Trabzonspor - former Newcastle youth coach Ruud Van Nisterooy - youth coach - Kaiserslautern Patrick Viera - coach - Stuttgart Thierry Henry - youth coach - Fiorentina Freddie Ljungberg - unemployed manager Michael Owen - manager - Hearts David Trezeguet - manager - France Lilian Thurman - youth coach - Havre AC Francesco Totti - coach - Chievo Many are entering the end of their careers so hope to report on this in a couple years. In game a couple years of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 15, 2010 Author Share Posted August 15, 2010 2015 Gold Cup There was trouble heading into the Gold Cup, because my goalkeeper Alex Hart was injured. So basically we had to rely on Dalibor Mitrovic the entire tourney and hope he doesn't get injured... Group Stage 2 wins and a draw were good enough to top the group and advance past the group stage. The first game against Trinidad & Tobago was solid, winning 1-0. The second game was against Netherlands Antilles, but it was a disappointment, with a 0-0 result, which meant we needed points against Costa Rica in the last game. It was a bittersweet victory, winning 3-0, but losing strikers Josh Simpson AND Simeon Jackson was a tough one, not to mention losing Julian De Guzman to suspension... Quarter-final - vs Martinique - W 1-0 - We faced these guys earlier in the year, winning 1-0, and did the same this time around. A tough opponent, they hung in there till the 67th when Hoilett found enough space from the Martinique defense to score the only goal of the game. With this, we meet expectations of reaching the Semi-Final Semi-final - vs Guatemala - W 1-0 - We got a bit of a lucky draw, considering that the other semi-final was Mexico vs USA...the result wasn't exactly impressive, but a win is a win. Mexico defeated USA so we're facing them in the Final. Final - vs Mexico - L 0-3 - I really don't have too many complaints. Mexico were the better team. But reaching the Final was a good step in this tournament to prepare for CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying and WC2018 in China (yes China...it's bound to happen IRL one day anyways ) where I expect to be there with the Canadian national team. ---- Gold Cup Dream Team Nice to see David Edgar made it. It's nice to have a player of his talents with Canada. ---- We have 3 more friendlies before the end of the year: August 12: at Croatia September 9: at Belgium November 18: vs Japan And I'll probably plan a couple more friendlies against Asian opposition (S. Korea, China, and Australia) in between the WCQ matches next year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 15, 2010 Author Share Posted August 15, 2010 And in regards to job openings, those Inter/Ajax offers stopped. Because the current managers signed new contracts. I don't mind staying, but like most players who have the itch to further their career, I'm considering my options. I want to win the Asian Champions League with V-Varen Nagasaki first though, which might push my reputation over the top to get a good job in Europe (and only Europe. MLS would be just treading water at this stage of my career tbh). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwiftyBlade Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Well done in the Gold Cup mate! Its a shame that the Dream Team was 10 of Mexico and USA and one from another country (You). But really who else is going to start challenging Mexico and USA for the top spots in CONCAF. Have China actually ever made a serious bid for the World Cup? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 15, 2010 Author Share Posted August 15, 2010 Well done in the Gold Cup mate! Its a shame that the Dream Team was 10 of Mexico and USA and one from another country (You). But really who else is going to start challenging Mexico and USA for the top spots in CONCAF. Have China actually ever made a serious bid for the World Cup? Well IRL, Mexico and USA are the dominant CONCACAF countries, so it's no surprise. Edgar was my best player in the Gold Cup and we don't have any stars. I'm doing a good job with what I have but it's always going to be an uphill climb against those 2 nations. I think China will get a World Cup eventually. They certainly have the infrastructure and facilities (well the facilities in Beijing at least). Beijing Worker's stadium fits 50k+ and most CSL stadiums can fit 30k+ and I guess with stadium expansions they can accommodate 50k too. Main thing is to improve the quality of play in the CSL. The league is a bit rough and players a bit undisciplined. If they can get a star, they can improve the presence of football in China, like Yao Ming did for the popularity of basketball in China. But right now they can't consistently beat S. Korean and Japanese teams so a World Cup bid IRL is still very much down the road. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raware Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Good to see Giggsy at Forest, I just hope he can take us back up to the Prem where we belong . A fantastic performance in the Gold Cup, just unlucky in the final. Let's hope you can qualify for the World Cup in China. As you say, it's gotta happen some day considering the growing economy and massive financial rewards it can bring. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeeD Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Well done in the Gold Cup. Canada are really going places in your game - Have they benefitted from good players fufilling their potential or great regens? Or both? (and your managerial skills of course ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 15, 2010 Author Share Posted August 15, 2010 Cheers Raware and DodgeeD. Sadly, no great regens, but we have a lot of our core players are quite young IRL (late teens/early 20s) so the squad just entering their prime. I really have no idea how this squad managed to get to 4th place in a World Cup! I hope TFC can sign some foreigners (like Brazilians) who can gain Canadian citizenship so I can call them up. I have gotten some new Canadian citizens from USL clubs Montreal and Vancouver but they're not that great. Hopefully in a few FMs down the road I can get some better players as they're be 3 MLS clubs to choose players from. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeeD Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 A lot depends on youth players coming through. Playing at TFC on 10.2, I got a youth intake every year but the season after updating to 10.3, I got nothing... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 15, 2010 Author Share Posted August 15, 2010 A lot depends on youth players coming through. Playing at TFC on 10.2, I got a youth intake every year but the season after updating to 10.3, I got nothing... Cuz they fixed that issue in the final patch. We don't get youth intakes IRL ya know. We rely on the draft. Which makes my job slightly harder...the best I could do is sign Canadian coaches and hope one or two come through the V-Varen youth system. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Cuz they fixed that issue in the final patch. We don't get youth intakes IRL ya know. We rely on the draft. Well, there are academies now. IIRC, Houston has signed 2 or 3 players out of their academy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 15, 2010 Author Share Posted August 15, 2010 August 12, 2015 Croatia vs Canada Croatia 4-0 Canada Match Ratings A really bad game. Julian De Guzman and Dejan Jakovic were ruled out because of injury. I recalled some new players, although I only played one of them, Patrick Carr, an American who gained citizenship playing with Vancouver in the USL. The Croatians basically attacked from the start and we couldn't handle them. We made several mental mistakes and couldn't recover from them. I'll probably keep experimenting in the upcoming friendlies against Belgium (Sept. 9) and Japan (Nov. 18), getting new players in to get their first caps. ---- We have a lot of players at CSL clubs. I think after I leave Japan, I'll be 'heavily' investing in the facilities of Canadian clubs to improve their youth intakes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 15, 2010 Author Share Posted August 15, 2010 Well, there are academies now. IIRC, Houston has signed 2 or 3 players out of their academy. I know but clubs don't sign players every year. FC Dallas signed 3 a week or two ago. DC United started the whole academy thing by signing a GK out of their academy as well (Bill Hamid iirc). I haven't heard any signings from TFC Academy though. Teams have 2 roster spots especially for academy players, and they don't count against the cap. Hope SI reads this and can implement the MLS youth academy stuff properly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Yeah, I was thinking you might have to do a limited intake, like only 1 or 2 players every year. But then again, you don't have to sign every player out of your youth intake. (well, my youth intake is usually crap players so I hardly ever sign any of them. ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 15, 2010 Author Share Posted August 15, 2010 Yeah, I was thinking you might have to do a limited intake, like only 1 or 2 players every year.But then again, you don't have to sign every player out of your youth intake. (well, my youth intake is usually crap players so I hardly ever sign any of them. ) That might be a decent workaround for FM11. Or something better would be to have all the academies in the game and somehow link the academy to the senior team. Because in FM10 there's TFC Academy but there are only grey players on the team all the time. TFC and TFC Academy shouldn't be treated as separate clubs in FM11 imo. When these players are old enough to sign professional contracts, they should sign 'homegrown' contracts so their salary doesn't count against the cap and don't take up a valuable roster spot. And one thing I hope happens is if the MLS gets better from dynamic reputation, the salary cap also increases along with minimum and maximum wages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 That might be a decent workaround for FM11.Or something better would be to have all the academies in the game and somehow link the academy to the senior team. Because in FM10 there's TFC Academy but there are only grey players on the team all the time. TFC and TFC Academy shouldn't be treated as separate clubs in FM11 imo. Yeah, they should be treated more like the Spanish "B" and German reserve teams. Maybe with a hardcoding of "must have 19 U-19 players" or something like that. For most people, they're going to be in an unplayable league anyway. When these players are old enough to sign professional contracts, they should sign 'homegrown' contracts so their salary doesn't count against the cap and don't take up a valuable roster spot. And one thing I hope happens is if the MLS gets better from dynamic reputation, the salary cap also increases along with minimum and maximum wages. Would be nice, but I'm not sure how well the economy is simulated to begin with. I know SI has to hardcode a lot of the MLS rules because they're so different, but the academy slots on the senior roster could be in along with all the rest of the rules. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 15, 2010 Author Share Posted August 15, 2010 Yeah, they should be treated more like the Spanish "B" and German reserve teams. Maybe with a hardcoding of "must have 19 U-19 players" or something like that. For most people, they're going to be in an unplayable league anyway. FM already has that for some youth teams. That would be a good addition to TFC Academy and other MLS youth teams. Would be nice, but I'm not sure how well the economy is simulated to begin with. I know SI has to hardcode a lot of the MLS rules because they're so different, but the academy slots on the senior roster could be in along with all the rest of the rules. The new CBA that the MLS and MLSPA signed allows the cap to be increased (don't remember the exact amount) as well as minimum wage over the duration of the contract. I find some info here (found an article on the actual CBA on mlsplayers.org until I realized it was the old one that expired this January) which can be used as a basic starting point for increases in the salary cap and player salaries. I remember there was an MLS thread on GQ last year and with all the new rules and stuff that need to be implemented in the game. I think a new one needs to be posted again this year so SI don't implement any of the new rules incorrectly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 16, 2010 Author Share Posted August 16, 2010 Sorry Raware. 17th in the Championship wasn't good enough for them. They're going with Ricardo Gardiner as the new manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raware Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Ah well, at least we didn't go down! Ricardo Gardiner though :confused:, i'd have prefered Lee Clark! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share Posted August 17, 2010 November 6, 2015 With the promises of a $6.25 million transfer budget (or around $40 million less than at V-Varen Nagasaki) and a $74 million wage budget (or around $67.5 million more than at V-Varen Nagasaki), Ricky Nakano has decided to leave the city of Nagasaki he called home for over 6 years to move to Stuttgart and manage at the Mercedes-Benz Arena. He leaves V-Varen Nagasaki fighting for 1st to take over a Stuttgart club fighting relegation. The unfortunate thing is that Nakano will miss out on the Asian Champions League Final match against Uzbek club FC Bunyodkor (really really sad about that tbh..) "It is a new chapter in my managerial career," Nakano told the Japanese and German media from his Nagasaki home, "I really love V-Varen Nagasaki, but I want to prove my skills in Europe. Stuttgart is a fantastic club. They have a winning tradition. You don't win 5 Bundesliga titles without being pretty good. They also won Europa League in 2013 and the German Cup in 2014, so they have had recent success. Of course, the current league table doesn't lie, and they're not doing so well, but Mr. Staudt trusts my abilities and I don't want to let him, the club, and the supporters down. The first task is to get them out of relegation and back on track. I'm ambitious and would like to get the club back into the Champions League or Europa League but it's important not to get ahead of ourselves." "My number one goal when I officially join the club is to examine the players on the squad and find a way to get some wins. I'll prefer to take this one game at a time to familiarize myself with the squad. I don't have any major expectations as of now. I just want to get the club away from the relegation zone and move up the table as soon as possible." ----- I will do a player analysis of the squad later. First off, one long post to talk about my tenure with V-Varen Nagasaki. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share Posted August 17, 2010 THE TRIBUTE December 24, 2008-November 6, 2015 Officially, I would have been at V-Varen Nagasaki for 2508 days. The club was the one of the few that wanted to take a chance on a guy with no managerial experience, and a foreigner nonetheless. I knew Chinese, Cantonese, English, and French, but no Japanese. It was going to be a challenge just to first learn the language to direct players what to do... I remember when I was trying to sign enough players to make up the squad. My first signing was a Korean/Japanese GK by the name of Park Tae-Hi. He wasn't really that good, but he was a goalkeeper at least. The second was a North Korean MC named Lee Kwan-Myong. He lasted longer than Park Tae-Hi, but he just wasn't good enough in J-League 2, and he's now retired too. Now, the third signing is probably the most famous V-Varen Nagasaki player - ever - and he's no other than Carlos Andre. He was at the club from the beginning. Part of me wants him to stay at V-Varen Nagasaki at all costs, because he was the one to lead the club to where they are now, but another part wants him to come to Stuttgart. I'm not too sure, but regardless, he is a legend at the club who scored from the Japanese Football League all the way to the top flight Japanese league, and seemed to just get better and better. I don't exactly remember how I got him, it was probably the Ass Man's recommendation from Backroom Advice that I found him. He wasn't my first target actually. There was another Brazilian that I wanted that looked better, but I couldn't afford his wage demands. At the time, Carlos Andre only wanted a contract around $35,000 per year, while others wanted more than double that, sometimes asking for 6 figures. We didn't have any money back then obviously, so just to avoid any potential financial difficulties I signed the 19 year old. All he did was lead the club to back to back promotions, and the rest is history. Since I will always dedicate an entire post to Carlos Andre, I will talk about other things. Like my loyalty to my players. Back in the JFL, and also the J-League 2, we couldn't afford wages, so the only other alternative was to get loans. And mostly, I always got the same players, unless other clubs bought them, but otherwise in the JFL, J-League 2, and also the first couple seasons in J-League 1, I loaned the same players. I eventually signed most of them to permanent contracts, although some have already left the club. A couple key players who are still at the club to this very day are also foreigners, Juninho and Romulo, and another is Japanese, Shin Yanagisawa. They formed the nucleus of the club and the exciting thing is that they're all only 22 or 23 years old. Other players I have loaned or have been at the club for a while include: Shota Tamura GK (6th year with club - signed when I was in J-League 2), Naoto Takahashi (7th year with club - someone I always loaned, until I signed him on a permanent transfer), Takuya Aoki (4th year with club - I had him on loan while in the JFL and J-League 2 before he got sold to Kashima Antlers in 2011, and signed him again in 2014), Shingo Nejime DM/MC (5th year with club, but I won't resign him - not too sure about the next manager), Sho Hanai MC (6th year with club - although he leave on a free to FC Tokyo next season), and Kazuya Kikuoka ST (5th year with club - chairman sold him over my head for $1.9 million, bounced around a few teams, and then got him back for $2 million. But the interesting thing is that if the chairman never sold Kikuoka I probably wouldn't have signed Yanagisawa...). I would prefer not to buy any of the players, because I don't want to ruin their success and want them to keep winning titles and challenging for the ACL title, but if clubs are making bids and they're accepting, I will bid as well. And if they're running out of contract, I'll try and sign them too. My time with V-Varen Nagasaki was probably the most exciting 6 in-game years I've ever had. I will definitely come back if I have the opportunity - if not in this career - then definitely in FM11. I might get a real life Carlos Andre V-Varen Nagasaki number 11 shirt if I find where to buy it. --- So that's that. It's been a wonderful time being at the club, but I want a challenge in Europe, and Germany is where I want to go, as well as the club, I want to manage at Stuttgart. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share Posted August 17, 2010 Looking at everything at the club, here's some things I'm learned they're not as good as I thought... they have their medical team - literally I count 8 physios - sacked 3 of them for now... 4 youth coaches - 2 which are horribly crap (I sacked them both) 4 GK coaches - 2 which are horribly crap (I sacked them both) wanted to sack both 1st team coaches, but could only sack one because the other wanted $1.5 million in compensation. No way I'm giving you that much up front! a fitness coach has a fitness problem - bye bye! 34 million and losing at least 2 million a month. According to my maths we'll be in debt after around 1.5 years. Time to sort that part out in the January transfer window! did I say we're kinda crap? Well, other than that, we're fine. We have the likes of Sami Khedira, Jefferson Farfan, and Zdravko Kuzmanovic, as well as Canadian Dalibor Mitrovic, but the rest of the squad are pretty much horrible. Either too old for my tastes or can't play 1.Bundesliga football... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raware Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 It must've been a rench to leave V-Vagen Nagasaki after such success and especially knowing that you're going to miss the ACL final. You've done a great job there and must surely be on their favourite list? Only time will tell whether a move to Germany was a good idea . Good luck at Stuttgart rancer . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeeD Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Interesting move to Stuttgart. Sounds like they are in a similar state to my Sevilla team with the aging players and no strength in depth. Still, reviving their fortunes will be a good challenge. It was getting too easy for you in Japan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3APOT Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Good luck in the new chapter of your career rancer! Looking forward to seeing the outcome of the Carlos Andre dilemma. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share Posted August 17, 2010 It must've been a rench to leave V-Vagen Nagasaki after such success and especially knowing that you're going to miss the ACL final. You've done a great job there and must surely be on their favourite list? Only time will tell whether a move to Germany was a good idea . Good luck at Stuttgart rancer. Cheers Raware. yes but I'm really happy for them. Champions of Asia Interesting move to Stuttgart. Sounds like they are in a similar state to my Sevilla team with the aging players and no strength in depth. Still, reviving their fortunes will be a good challenge. It was getting too easy for you in Japan Cheers DodgeeD. If I stayed a year longer, it was gonna get a little hard because I was already having a lot of trouble keeping everyone under the cap. Good luck in the new chapter of your career rancer! Looking forward to seeing the outcome of the Carlos Andre dilemma. Cheers. I don't think Carlos Andre has 1.Bundesliga quality though (he's only good 2.Bundesliga quality)...maybe Yanagisawa but he's always been inconsistent for me...btw new manager for V-Varen Nagasaki is Damian Duff, but he decided to revert back to a 4-4-2 formation strangely... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwiftyBlade Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Couldn't you have delayed the offer for a week and played the ACL final? Wait, your telling me Damian Duff has taken over V-Varen, played one game and won the Champions League...? Them cheeky Irish! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share Posted August 17, 2010 Couldn't you have delayed the offer for a week and played the ACL final? Wait, your telling me Damian Duff has taken over V-Varen, played one game and won the Champions League...? Them cheeky Irish! Some of you probably couldn't tell, but I already delayed a week. When they came back a week later there was no option to delay. Either join us or reject the offer. I know eh, and he might get the domestic title too! The interesting thing is that I signed him on May 5, 2015 as a coach, and now he's the manager 6 months later! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share Posted August 17, 2010 Rest of 2015 Croatia 4-0 Canada Belgium 5-1 Canada Canada 2-1 Japan Sorry in advance for not posting game-by-game, I wasn't really pleased losing by 4...the Croatians and Belgians were just bigger, faster, and better than us, to sum everything up in a sentence. It wasn't really helped by the fact that we were losing our key players to injuries. It was nice beating Japan though, even though they were all grey players. NTS for next year: don't arrange away friendlies against very good European opposition. We've slipped down the World Rankings and are now in 19th. Still best of CONCACAF though. In my next game, I'll be managing the national team in 2015 - and will try and arrange more home games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 18, 2010 Author Share Posted August 18, 2010 V-Varen Nagasaki Legend - Carlos Andre Real Name: Carlos Andre Oliveira Santos Date of Birth: 23/05/1990 Place of Birth: Salvador (BA), Brazil End of Season 1 - Profile End of Season 2 - Profile End of Season 3 - Profile End of Season 4 - Profile End of Season 5 - Profile End of Season 6 - Profile End of Season 7 - Profile Year Club League Country Games Goals Assists MoM Rating 2007 Vitoria 2nd Division Brazil 0 0 0 0 0.00 2008 Vitoria 1st Division Brazil 0 0 0 0 0.00 2009 Vitoria 1st Division Brazil 0 0 0 0 0.00 2009 V-Varen Nagasaki JFL Japan 44 (3) 28 24 16 7.76 2010 V-Varen Nagasaki J-League 2 Japan 54 (1) 26 23 14 7.48 2011 V-Varen Nagasaki J-League 1 Japan 37 (2) 32 10 9 7.56 2012 V-Varen Nagasaki J-League 1 Japan 41 (9) 22 12 8 7.25 2013 V-Varen Nagasaki J-League 1 Japan 43 (3) 24 7 14 7.38 2014 V-Varen Nagasaki J-League 1 Japan 48 (1) 35 12 13 7.53 2015 V-Varen Nagasaki J-League 1 Japan 54 (3) 37 14 14 7.49 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Career Totals 321 (22) 204 102 88 7.49 Awards: 2009: JFL Most Valuable Player 2009: JFL Best Eleven 2009: JFL Top Goalscorer 2009: Supporters Player of the Year 2010: J-League 2 Top Goalscorer (3rd place) 2010: Supporters Player of the Year 2011: J-League 1 Most Valuable Player 2011: J-League 1 Best Eleven 2011: J-League 1 Top Goalscorer (1st place) 2011: J-League All-Star 2011: Supporters Player of the Year 2012: J-League All-Star 2012: Supporters Player of the Year 2013: Asian All-Star XI 2013: Supporters Player of the Year 2014: J-League 1 Top Goalscorer (2nd place) 2014: J-League Best Eleven 2014: J-League 1 Most Valuable Player 2014: Asian All-Star XI 2015: Asian All- Star XI Winners' Medals: 2009: JFL Champions 2013: J-League 1 Champions 2014: J-League 1 Champions 2014: Japanese Super Cup Winners 2014: Japanese League Cup Winners 2015: Japanese Super Cup Winners 2015: Japanese League Cup Winners 2015: Asian Champions League Winners 2015: J-League 1 Champions 2015: Japanese Emperor's Cup Winners Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 18, 2010 Author Share Posted August 18, 2010 Crazy Canuck Youth Player Project V-Varen Nagasaki: 2015 YP: Takuya Kawashima - MC (Japan) Left Foot - Very Strong Right Foot - Weak PPMs - None Initial Profile | Initial Coach Report End of Season 1 - Profile Notes: Nice season from a 16 year old. Won't bring him over to Stuttgart but I'll monitor his progress. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 18, 2010 Author Share Posted August 18, 2010 A V-Varen update, they won the J-League 1 title again, so then Damian Duff takes all the credit that I was supposed to receive for completing the triple (they also won the Emperor's Cup). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 19, 2010 Author Share Posted August 19, 2010 January Transfer Window Summary Transfers Overall, a very very busy transfer for me, selling players and finding their replacements. And I haven't even gotten to the future transfers part. New signings: Zhang Yibin - he's not a superstar, but he's Asian and Chinese, so I signed him Carlos Marquez - someone I've been looking at for 2 years, and finally signed him. But I was really in realizing I can't play him till July 1 because he already played for Palmeiras and Elfsborg this season... Denilson - signed on loan from the Gunners, paying the remainder of his salary (~$1.7 million) with a $4 million loan clause, which I will certainly activate if he impresses the rest of the season Hernanes - signed on loan from Man Citeh. He also has a release clause of $6.5 million, but Man Citeh and us are splitting the remainder of his salary, so he's technically making $7 million this year, but we're only spending $1.8 million on salary, with the Premier League club paying the other half. I have no intention of giving a 30 year old $7 million (at least $3-$4 million) but I'll see what he does for us the rest of the season. Jason Harris - signed on loan from Liverpool. We won't pay too much salary for him ($275k the rest of the year) but he's really only a rotation player for us. Has a $5 million release clause but I probably won't activate it (I just almost always negotiate one just in case). Felix Lange - a very expensive $3 million signing from Werder Bremen, but my scouts really rate him highly. He'll be a millionaire when he turns 17 ($1.8 million a year contract for 5 years) but I hope he can live up to my expectations. Chicao - a good bargain signing of $1.2 million from Barca and the wage demands weren't even outrageous compared to some 15 year old who wants to be a millionaire. He's dubbed the new Amauri. Emmanuel Adebayor - yeah that Adebayor...he won't be an impact striker but at least he's better than Pogrebnyak...no release clause because I don't want him after this season anyways I also got rid of 12 players (1 released, 11 sold) as Stuttgart manager, getting a grand total of $20.5 million. They were all fringe players or players who wanted to leave the club, so I sold them at their value or slightly greater than their value, or if they were wingers and didn't fit into my tactic. I also did business with Damian Duff and V-Varen Nagasaki. We lost a lot of depth by selling alot, but I'm making way for a few signings come July 1st: Robert Bitana - good 1.Bundesliga striker potential. I'm looking to gather a bunch of young strikers at relatively low cost to eventually replace the current ones. Steven Defour - needs no introduction Kelly - another one with leading 1.Bundesliga ceiling. Been looking at him since I was at V-Varen Nagasaki so I'm confident in his abilities. James Okpara - scouts don't seem too high on him but I'm really exciting about acquiring this player who has been fantastic in Russia and France, so I hope he can do the same in Germany. And as you can tell, we're now in 8th. I'm still aiming for Europe but I'll take things one game at a time... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachFlu Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Some good signings there. I bet Defour will do great for you. Looks like you're in a bit of a rebuilding-season, and next year will be the season to establish Stuttgart near the top. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwiftyBlade Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Nice quick turn around there mate. Looks like you have got a good team for next year! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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